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Welcoming Our New Robot Overlords
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Welcoming Our New Robot Overlords

When David Stinson finished high school, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1977, the first thing he did was get a job building houses.

Teaching China's Next Generation to Express Themselves in Code
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Teaching China's Next Generation to Express Themselves in Code

China plans to improve its AI education system and strengthen the construction of its talent pool to make it the world leader in AI by 2030, building a homegrown...

Teleoperating Robots with Virtual Reality
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Teleoperating Robots with Virtual Reality

Researchers at MIT CSAIL have developed a virtual reality system that could make it easier for factory workers to telecommute by allowing them to teleoperate a...

'girls Who Code' Workshop Introduces Students to 3-D Printing, Computer-Aided Design
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'girls Who Code' Workshop Introduces Students to 3-D Printing, Computer-Aided Design

Twenty-nine California high school students got hands-on experience in computer-aided design and an introduction to 3-D printing at a special Girls Who Code workshop...

Colorado Schools Pay Students to Work With Local Tech Firms
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Colorado Schools Pay Students to Work With Local Tech Firms

Eighty students in the St. Vrain Valley School District are paid as workers as part of a project-based learning program where they get hands-on experience in real...

The Future of Dna Sequencing
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The Future of Dna Sequencing

Forty years ago, two papers1, 2 described the first tractable methods for determining the order of the chemical bases in stretches of DNA. Before these 1977 publications...

Google Unveils Job Training Initiative With $1 Billion Pledge
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Google Unveils Job Training Initiative With $1 Billion Pledge

Google has unveiled the Grow With Google program to help train Americans for jobs in technology and committed to donating $1 billion over the next five years to...

Mit's Regina Barzilay Wins Macarthur 'genius Grant'
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Mit's Regina Barzilay Wins Macarthur 'genius Grant'

MIT computer scientist who studies natural language processing and machine learning wins $625,000 prize.

The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of 23andme
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The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of 23andme

There's a placard in Anne Wojcicki's office enshrining the attitude that nearly ran her company, 23andme, aground.

­csd's Stefan Savage Wins a Macarthur Award
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­csd's Stefan Savage Wins a Macarthur Award

Stefan Savage, who's just won a five-year, $625,000 "genius" grant from the MacArthur Foundation, talks about how he became interested in cybersecurity, computer...

Software Makes Educational Materials More Accessible in Developing Nations
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Software Makes Educational Materials More Accessible in Developing Nations

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has partnered with developers in Zambia and Ethiopia to develop a software solution to address two recurring challenges...

The Female Code-Breakers Who Were Left Out of History Books
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The Female Code-Breakers Who Were Left Out of History Books

Picture this. In 1917, the United States is just entering World War One. But to begin with, its military is small and its capacity for intelligence gathering is...

Study Sees Digital Divide Within the Global Classroom
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Study Sees Digital Divide Within the Global Classroom

A new study describes the similarities and differences between college students in the United States and India on managing students' use of digital devices in the...

The Nsa Officially Has a Rogue Contractor Problem
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The Nsa Officially Has a Rogue Contractor Problem

The NSA is one of the world's most notoriously secretive and powerful government agencies, guarding its powerful hacking tools and massive caches of collected data...

A Summer Away From the Keyboard
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A Summer Away From the Keyboard

Three computer science students explain the pros and cons of spending their summer away from coding.

Why Researchers Should Step Out of the Lab
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Why Researchers Should Step Out of the Lab

Quantitative assessment, cost modeling, and greater interaction with potential users of technology developed in research labs will help it become better aligned...

What Is STEM Education?
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What Is STEM Education?

Teaching STEM in physical and online classrooms is the focus of two new papers that pull back the curtain to show there's more to the art of teaching than science...

Colleges Are Marketing Drone Pilot Courses, but the Career Opportunities Are Murky
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Colleges Are Marketing Drone Pilot Courses, but the Career Opportunities Are Murky

Hot-air balloon pilot Richard Varney typically spends his weekends transporting tourists around central Massachusetts in a huge, multicolored balloon. But on a...

Where Are Computer-Savvy Workers Going to Come From?
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Where Are Computer-Savvy Workers Going to Come From?

Linda Ott, professor of computer science at Michigan Technological University, comments on President Trump's call for funding for computer science and coding education...

The Iphone Didn't Emerge from Nothing. Here's What Came Before It
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The Iphone Didn't Emerge from Nothing. Here's What Came Before It

On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs stood on the MacWorld stage in his jeans and a black turtleneck.
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